Kylian Mbappé’s spectacular bicycle kick was amongst three targets in second-half stoppage time, and Actual Madrid beat Borussia Dortmund 3-2 in a Membership World Cup quarterfinal match on Saturday as goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois used his fingertips to palm away the potential tying purpose on the sport’s ultimate play.
Gonzalo García and Fran García scored within the first 20 minutes as Madrid constructed a 2-0 lead.
Dortmund’s Maximilian Beier scored three minutes into stoppage time and Mbappé, who entered within the 67th, restored a two-goal lead along with his bicycle kick one minute later.
Serhou Guirassy transformed a penalty kick within the eighth minute of added time after he was fouled by Dean Huijsen, who obtained a pink card and can miss the semifinals.
Courtois used the entire prolonged arm on his 6-foot-7 body to tip away Marcel Sabitzer’s shot simply earlier than the ultimate whistle.
Madrid superior to a semifinal match towards Champions League winner Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, a day after Chelsea meets Brazilian membership Fluminense.
On a sunny afternoon with an 86-degree (30-degree Celsius) temperature on the 3 p.m. kickoff, Gonzalo García scored within the tenth minute and Fran García within the twentieth.
Gonzalo García, a 21-year-old who made solely 5 Spanish league appearances up to now two seasons, was given the beginning by new Actual Madrid coach Xabi Alonso over Mbappé, nonetheless regaining health after acute gastroenteritis. García has 4 targets, tying Benfica’s Ángel Di María and Al-Hilal’s Marcos Leonardo for the match lead.
Mbappé got here on for Jude Bellingham, who missed an opportunity to play towards his brother Jobe, who was suspended for yellow-card accumulation.
Madrid beat Dortmund 2-0 within the 2024 Champions League ultimate and overcame a two-goal halftime deficit in a 5-2 victory of this season’s league section. Los Blancos have been eradicated by Arsenal on this yr’s Champions League quarterfinals.
Madrid has gained 5 consecutive video games towards Dortmund and is unbeaten in seven since a 2014 Champions League quarterfinal defeat.
American midfielder Gio Reyna did not get off the bench and completed the match with one 13-minute look for Dortmund in 5 matches.
This recreation drew 76,611 to MetLife Stadium, web site of subsequent yr’s World Cup ultimate. Seats regarded stuffed, aside from a totally empty suite stage on one facet.
There was a second of silence earlier than kickoff for Liverpool’s Diogo Jota and his brother, Penafiel’s André Silva, who died in a automotive crash on Thursday.
Actual Madrid will now face PSG within the semifinal spherical. (Photograph by JUAN MABROMATA/AFP through Getty Pictures)
Key second
Courtois’ ultimate save on the sport’s ultimate play to protect the victory.
Takeaways
Development to take away seats within the corners enabled a 74-by-114-yard (68-by-105-meter) area, wider than for matches through the 2016 and 2024 Copa America tournaments.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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